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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001003078-19-000126
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SD
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20190524
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190524

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001003078
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WHOLESALE-INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [5084]
		IRS NUMBER:				113289165
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SD
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14130
		FILM NUMBER:		19852752

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		75 MAXESS RD
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747
		BUSINESS PHONE:		516-812-2000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		75 MAXESS ROAD
		CITY:			MELVILLE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			11747
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			Form SD (calendar-year 2018)
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Steve Armstrong</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Senior </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Vice President, </font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">General </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Counsel a</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">nd Corporate Secretary</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">(516) 812-</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">2000</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Name and telephone number, in</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">c</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">l</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">uding area code</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> of the person to contact in connection with this report</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;">)</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Item 1.01</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">The Conflict Minerals Report of </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;"> (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">MSC</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&#x201D;) is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this report on Form SD. MSC</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&#x2019;s determination and related disclosures relating to </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">its </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">reasonable country of origin inquiry, as the term is used in Item 1.01 of Form SD, </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">and </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">materials that may come from recycled and scrap sources are included in </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">MSC</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&#x2019;s Conflict Minerals Report and incorporated by reference herein.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;"> The Conflict Minerals Report is available on our website at</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">http://investor.mscdirect.com/index.php?s=127</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">. &nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">The content of any website referenced in this Form SD is included for general information only and is not incorporated by reference in this Form SD.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Item 1.02</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Exhibit </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Item 2.01</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Exhibits </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Exhibit 1.01 &#x2013; </font><a href="msm-20190524xex1_01.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit"><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Conflict Minerals Report of MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., dated May 24, 2019.</font></a>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the r</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">egistran</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">t has duly caused this r</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">eport to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned. </font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC.</font></p>
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			<a name="_GoBack"></a><font style="display: inline;">MSC INDUSTRIAL DIRECT CO., INC.</font><br /><font style="display: inline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">Conflict Minerals Report</font><br /><font style="display: inline;"></font><font style="display: inline;">For the reporting period from January 1 to D</font><font style="display: inline;">ecember 31, 201</font><font style="display: inline;">8</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">INTRODUCTION</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;"> and Company Overview</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">This Conflict Minerals Report </font><font style="display: inline;">(this</font><font style="display: inline;"> &nbsp;&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Report</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) </font><font style="display: inline;">of</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. </font><font style="display: inline;">(</font><font style="display: inline;">together with its subsidiaries, &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">MSC</font><font style="display: inline;">,&#x201D; </font><font style="display: inline;">the </font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Company</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;"> &nbsp;&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">we</font><font style="display: inline;">,&#x201D; </font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">our</font><font style="display: inline;">,&#x201D; </font><font style="display: inline;">or &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">us</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;">)</font><font style="display: inline;">, dated </font><font style="display: inline;">May </font><font style="display: inline;">24</font><font style="display: inline;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;">9</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;"> is provided in accordance with Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font><font style="display: inline;">, as amended</font><font style="display: inline;"> (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Rule 13p-1</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;"> for the reporting period fro</font><font style="display: inline;">m January 1 to December 31, 201</font><font style="display: inline;">8</font><font style="display: inline;"> (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Reporting Period</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;">. &nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Rule 13p-1 requires</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">the </font><font style="display: inline;">disclosure </font><font style="display: inline;">of certain information </font><font style="display: inline;">by</font><font style="display: inline;"> companies that manufacture or contract to manufacture products that</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">use </font><font style="display: inline;">minerals</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">specified in </font><font style="display: inline;">the r</font><font style="display: inline;">ule </font><font style="display: inline;">that are necessary to the functionality or production of these products. These minerals are </font><font style="display: inline;">c</font><font style="display: inline;">olumbite-t</font><font style="display: inline;">ant</font><font style="display: inline;">alite (coltan), cassiterite, </font><font style="display: inline;">wolframite,</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">gold, </font><font style="display: inline;">and</font><font style="display: inline;"> their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">(collectively, &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;).</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Companies are required to </font><font style="display: inline;">determine</font><font style="display: inline;">, among other things, whether </font><font style="display: inline;">certain of </font><font style="display: inline;">their Conflict Minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">DRC</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) or an</font><font style="display: inline;">y of its adjoining countries</font><font style="display: inline;"> (collectively with the DRC, the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Covered Countries</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;), and if </font><font style="display: inline;">these</font><font style="display: inline;"> Conflict Minerals </font><font style="display: inline;">directly or indirectly </font><font style="display: inline;">financed or otherwise benefi</font><font style="display: inline;">ted </font><font style="display: inline;">armed groups (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Armed Groups</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;), as such term is defined in Item 1.01(d)(2) of Form SD, </font><font style="display: inline;">in any of the Covered C</font><font style="display: inline;">ountries. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">We are a leading North American distributor of a broad range of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">MRO</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) products and services. We help our customers drive greater productivity, profitability and growth with </font><font style="display: inline;">our</font><font style="display: inline;"> products, inventory management and other supply chain solutions, and deep expertise from</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">more than </font><font style="display: inline;">75 years of working with customers across industries. We offer approximately </font><font style="display: inline;">1,</font><font style="display: inline;">669</font><font style="display: inline;">,000 </font><font style="display: inline;">active, saleable stock-keeping units (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">SKUs</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) through our catalogs; brochures; eCommerce channels, including our website, mscdirect.com; our inventory management solutions; and call-centers and branches. We service our customers from 12 customer fulfillment centers (eight customer fulfillment centers are located within the United States which includes five primary customer fulfillment centers, one is located in the United Kingdom, and three are in Canada) and </font><font style="display: inline;">100</font><font style="display: inline;"> branch offices</font><font style="display: inline;"> (99 in the United States and one in the United Kingdom)</font><font style="display: inline;">. Many of our products are carried in stock, and orders for these in-stock products are typically fulfilled the day on which the order is received.</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">MSC is committed to responsible corporate citizenship and condemns the atrocities perpetuated by militants in the Covered Countries. We are primarily a distributor of metalworking and MRO products that are sourced from thousands of suppliers around the world. We do not directly manufacture our products, except for one low-volume round tooling product that we custom fabricate in our American Specialty Grinding business based on our customers&#x2019; specifications. However, we may at times enter into contracts with suppliers to manufacture products on our behalf for certain of our exclusive brands or to meet specific customer needs such that these products may be deemed to be &#x201C;contracted to be manufactured,&#x201D; as the term is used in Rule 13p-1 (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Contract Manufacture</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;). Certain of the products that we manufacture or </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Contract Manufacture use Conflict Minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of these products, as such terms are used in Rule 13p-1 (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Necessary Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;), which subjects us to Rule 13p-1&#x2019;s reporting requirements.</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The Conflict Minerals supply chain is multi-</font><font style="display: inline;">tie</font><font style="display: inline;">red and global, </font><font style="display: inline;">consist</font><font style="display: inline;">ing of</font><font style="display: inline;"> thousands of </font><font style="display: inline;">mining, trading</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;"> and manufacturing entities around the world</font><font style="display: inline;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">We rely on</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">our suppliers </font><font style="display: inline;">of (i) </font><font style="display: inline;">round metal blanks</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">for </font><font style="display: inline;">the one product that we manufacture and (ii) the products that we Contract Manufacture</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;"> for </font><font style="display: inline;">inform</font><font style="display: inline;">ation</font><font style="display: inline;"> as to their use of </font><font style="display: inline;">Necessary </font><font style="display: inline;">Conflict Minerals in the </font><font style="display: inline;">relevant </font><font style="display: inline;">products they supply to us</font><font style="display: inline;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Based on the information gathered from these suppliers </font><font style="display: inline;">as well as our own assessment </font><font style="display: inline;">for the Reporting Period, </font><font style="display: inline;">w</font><font style="display: inline;">e &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">have </font><font style="display: inline;">determined </font><font style="display: inline;">that </font><font style="display: inline;">approximately</font><font style="display: inline;"> &nbsp;4</font><font style="display: inline;">91</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">product </font><font style="display: inline;">SKUs that </font><font style="display: inline;">we manufactured or Contract Manufactured </font><font style="display: inline;">during the Reporting Period</font><font style="display: inline;"> (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Covered Products</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">use</font><font style="display: inline;"> Neces</font><font style="display: inline;">s</font><font style="display: inline;">ary</font><font style="display: inline;"> Conflict Minerals (</font><font style="display: inline;">primarily tungsten</font><font style="display: inline;"> and tin</font><font style="display: inline;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">with some tantalum</font><font style="display: inline;">)</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">We also rely on our suppliers for information </font><font style="display: inline;">regarding</font><font style="display: inline;"> the </font><font style="display: inline;">originating mines</font><font style="display: inline;"> of,</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">and </font><font style="display: inline;">processing </font><font style="display: inline;">smelters </font><font style="display: inline;">for</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">the</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Necessary </font><font style="display: inline;">Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;">, as t</font><font style="display: inline;">hese mines and</font><font style="display: inline;"> smelters </font><font style="display: inline;">are </font><font style="display: inline;">typically </font><font style="display: inline;">many </font><font style="display: inline;">tier</font><font style="display: inline;">s upstream from us in our global supply chain</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;"> and </font><font style="display: inline;">we do not have direct relationships with them. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">F</font><font style="display: inline;">or the Reporting P</font><font style="display: inline;">eriod, </font><font style="display: inline;">we</font><font style="display: inline;"> conducted </font><font style="display: inline;">a reasonable country of origin inquiry</font><font style="display: inline;"> (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">RCOI</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;">, as </font><font style="display: inline;">the</font><font style="display: inline;"> term is used in Item 1.01 of Form SD, on </font><font style="display: inline;">the Necessary Conflict Minerals used by our</font><font style="display: inline;"> Covered Products</font><font style="display: inline;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Our RCOI consisted of surveying </font><font style="display: inline;">our </font><font style="display: inline;">suppliers of </font><font style="display: inline;">round metal blanks and </font><font style="display: inline;">Contract Manufactured </font><font style="display: inline;">products regarding the </font><font style="display: inline;">Necessary Conflict Minerals used in </font><font style="display: inline;">the</font><font style="display: inline;"> Covered Products to determine whether any </font><font style="display: inline;">of </font><font style="display: inline;">the Necessary Conflict Minerals originated in any Covered Country or are from recycled or scrap sources.</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">We used&nbsp;&nbsp;the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">CMRT</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) published by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">RMI</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;). Information requested in the CMRT includes</font><font style="display: inline;">: &nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the Conflict Minerals content of the responder&#x2019;s products; </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the names and addresses of the smelters or refiners that processed the responder&#x2019;s Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%"> &nbsp;1</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the names and locations of the Conflict Minerals&#x2019; originating mines; and </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">information about the responder&#x2019;s Conflict Minerals policy and due diligence procedures. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Based on the results of our RCOI, (i) we believe that some of the Conflict Minerals in our Covered Products originated from recycled or scrap sources and (ii) have reason to believe that some of the Conflict Minerals in our Covered Products may have originated in the Covered Countries and may not be from recycled or scrap sources. We therefore conducted due diligence</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">1</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;"> Pursuant to the OECD Guidance (as defined below), identifying the smelters and refiners in our supply chain and directly or indirectly assessing their due diligence practices for sourcing Conflict Minerals is one of the key steps in our RCOI and supply chain due diligence processes as a downstream company (as the term is defined in the OECD Guidance).</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">(as described below)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> on the source and chain of custody of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the Conflict Minerals in </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">our Covered Products</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">in accordance with</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> Item 1.01 of Form SD</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">DUE DILIGENCE</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;"> PROCESS</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">We conducted </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">due </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">diligence</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> on the source and chain of custody </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Necessary </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">used in</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> our Covered Products</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Due Diligence</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">to ascertain whether </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">se</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> originated in the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Covered C</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">ountries</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> and finance</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">d</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> or</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> otherwise</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> benefit</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">ed</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> Armed G</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">roups</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">in </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">any </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">of these countries</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">3.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Design of Our Due Diligence Measures</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Our </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Due D</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">iligence measures have been designed to conform with the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">OECD</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Third</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> Edition (the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">OECD Guidance</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#x201D;), as applicable for tin, tantalum, tungsten, gold and downstream companies (as the term i</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">s defined in the OECD Guidance)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Our due diligence design incorporates the five steps of the OECD Guidance:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">s</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">trong C</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">ompany </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Conflict Minerals compliance </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">management systems</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, including senior management oversight and </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">internal and external </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">processes for </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">capturing and addressing grievances</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">;</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 54pt;text-indent: -18pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">risk identification and assessment </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">processes </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">in our supply chain</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, including supplier surveys and other monitoring and engagement tools and processes</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the design and </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">ongoing </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">implementation of strategies to respond to identified risks</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, including </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">risk management planning and management reporting</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">independent third-party audits of smelter due diligence practices by participating in industry-</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">driven</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> initiatives; and </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">3.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Due Diligence Measures Performed</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Our Due D</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">iligence </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">measures</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> performed during the Reporting Period</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">i</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">nclude</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> the activities</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> described in Sections 3.2.1 and 3</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.2.2 below</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">3.2.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Compliance Management S</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">ystems </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Our Conflict Minerals Compliance Team (our &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;">Compliance Team</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#x201D;) continued to manage our Conflict Minerals compliance program during the Reporting Period, consistent with our </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Conflict Minera</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">ls P</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">olicy</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">found at </font><font style="display: inline;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">https://www.mscdirect.com/customer-service/conflict-minerals-policy</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">. Our</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Conflict Minerals Policy describes </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the Company</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#x2019;s</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> commitment to addressing </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the use of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Conflict Minerals in our products</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, which include</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">s</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">participating in</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> industry-wide initiatives to </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">audit</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> smelters and refiners</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> of Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">; and</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">c</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">omply</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">ing</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> with </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">requirements of the conflict minerals law</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> &nbsp;(</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> and related rules</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Our Conflict Minerals Policy also sets out the Company&#x2019;s expectations that our suppliers will</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">:</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">not knowingly supply </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">us</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> with products containing Conflict M</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">inerals that </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">directly or indirectly support militant groups in the Covered Countries</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">; and</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">support </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">our</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> efforts to identify the smelters and refiners that process </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">C</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">onflict </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">M</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">inerals used in our products and the countri</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">es and mines of origin of such Conflict M</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">inerals</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">The </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Compliance Team</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">formed in 2012</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">,</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">is </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">led by </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">our General Counsel </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">and overseen by a steering committee </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">comprised of our General Counsel and </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">other senior executives of the Company. The team c</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">onsists of MSC associates from a number of diff</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">erent functional areas </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">s</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">uch as Legal, Product M</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">anagement, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">S</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">ales, </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">and</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> Information Technology</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">. &nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">3.2.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;color:#000000;">Risk Identification and Assessment </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">We </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">used </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the CMRT</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> to survey</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">our </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">suppliers </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">of round metal blanks and </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Contract Manufactured products </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">regarding the</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> Necessary</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> used in </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Covered P</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">roducts to ascertain the source and chain of custody</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> of the Conflict Minerals, including their processing smelters, and countries and mines of origin</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">We validated the information received</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> in response to </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the CMRT</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, to the extent possible, using different procedures such as </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">(i) </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">reviewing individual supplier responses for inconsistencies</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> within </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> response</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">(ii) </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">comparing different supplier responses for inconsistencies</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">among</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> the responses</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">(iii) </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">checking </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">smelter and refiner names reported against the CMRT&#x2019;s </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">list of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">St</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">andard </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Smelter Names</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">; and </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">(iv) </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">checking </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">on the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">RMI</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#x2019;s website </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">conflict-free</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> status of smelters </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">reported</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">We </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">also </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">followed up</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> with those suppliers whose responses we determined were </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">either </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">not plausible</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> or lacking key information</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">We have received less</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> definitive</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> information from our surveys and other supplier engagements for the Reporting Period compared to the previous reporting years for certain products, largely due to</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> relatively</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">small suppliers being unable to provide </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">i</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">nformation</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> about the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">respective </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">smelter or smelters</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">As a Work Group Participant of the RMI within the Responsible Business Alliance (formerly the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition), w</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">e &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">also </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">leveraged the due diligence conducted on smelters and refiners by</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">RMI&#x2019;s Responsible Mineral Assurance Process</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> &nbsp;(</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">formerly the </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Conflict-Free Smelter Program</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">and similar independent assessment programs such </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">as the Responsible Jewellery Council&#x2019;s Chain-of-</font><font style="display: inline;">Custody</font><font style="display: inline;"> Certification Program and the London Bullion Market Association&#x2019;s Responsible Gold Programme (collectively, the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">RMAP</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The </font><font style="display: inline;">RMAP</font><font style="display: inline;"> uses independent private sector auditors to audit the source, including mines of origin, and chain of custody of the </font><font style="display: inline;">Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;"> used by smelters and refiners that </font><font style="display: inline;">participate in the </font><font style="display: inline;">RMAP</font><font style="display: inline;">. &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The smelters and refiners that are found to be </font><font style="display: inline;">conformant with the </font><font style="display: inline;">RMAP</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">audit protocol</font><font style="display: inline;"> are those for which the independent audito</font><font style="display: inline;">r has verified that the smelter</font><font style="display: inline;">s</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x2019;</font><font style="display: inline;"> or refine</font><font style="display: inline;">r</font><font style="display: inline;">s</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x2019;</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;"> originated from c</font><font style="display: inline;">onflict-</font><font style="display: inline;">free mines and trading</font><font style="display: inline;"> (&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">RMAP </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Conformant</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;</font><font style="display: inline;">)</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">The </font><font style="display: inline;">RMI </font><font style="display: inline;">makes available to its</font><font style="display: inline;"> participating member companies</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">country</font><font style="display: inline;"> of origin information for the</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">RMAP</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Conformant </font><font style="display: inline;">smelters </font><font style="display: inline;">and refiners</font><font style="display: inline;">.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">DUE DILIGENCE DETERMINATION</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Based on the</font><font style="display: inline;"> Due D</font><font style="display: inline;">iligence </font><font style="display: inline;">performed</font><font style="display: inline;"> as described above</font><font style="display: inline;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">we were unable to determine whether all of the Necessary Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products listed in the below table </font><font style="display: inline;">(the &#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">DRC Conflict Undeterminable</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;"> Products</font><font style="display: inline;">&#x201D;) </font><font style="display: inline;">originated in the Covered Countries, or, if they did originate in the Covered Countries, whether the mining or trade of such Conflict Minerals directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries.</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">DRC CONFLICT UNDETERMINABLE</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;"> PRODUCTS </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The </font><font style="display: inline;">DRC Conflict Undeterminable</font><font style="display: inline;"> &nbsp;P</font><font style="display: inline;">roducts are those </font><font style="display: inline;">Covered Products </font><font style="display: inline;">for which we were unable to determine</font><font style="display: inline;">, after exercising Due Diligence,</font><font style="display: inline;"> whether their Necessary Conflict Minerals </font><font style="display: inline;">directly or indirectly </font><font style="display: inline;">finance</font><font style="display: inline;">d</font><font style="display: inline;"> or otherwise benefit</font><font style="display: inline;">ed</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Armed Groups </font><font style="display: inline;">in the Covered Countries.</font><font style="display: inline;"> The below table includes </font><font style="display: inline;">(i) </font><font style="display: inline;">a description of </font><font style="display: inline;">the </font><font style="display: inline;">DRC Conflict Undeterminable</font><font style="display: inline;"> Products</font><font style="display: inline;"> for the Reporting </font><font style="display: inline;">Period</font><font style="display: inline;">,</font><font style="display: inline;"> (ii)</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">the</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Necessary Conflict Minerals </font><font style="display: inline;">used by these products,</font><font style="display: inline;"> (iii) the smelters </font><font style="display: inline;">that </font><font style="display: inline;">processed the Necessary Conflict Minerals </font><font style="display: inline;">used by</font><font style="display: inline;"> these products</font><font style="display: inline;">, to the extent </font><font style="display: inline;">known</font><font style="display: inline;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">and (iv) the countr</font><font style="display: inline;">ies of origin of the Necessary C</font><font style="display: inline;">onflict Minerals used by these</font><font style="display: inline;"> products</font><font style="display: inline;">, to the extent known</font><font style="display: inline;">. &nbsp;</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%"> (a)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;">See</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Annex 1</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">; &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;">See</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Annex 1</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Custom Round Tooling</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Tungsten</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%"> (a)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%"> (c)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> (located in China); H.C. Starck GmbH (located in Germany); Global Tungsten &amp; Powders Corp.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%"> (c)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> (located in the United States); Wolfram Bergbau und H&#xFC;tten AG</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> (located in Austria); Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> (located in Vietnam)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%"> (b)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> one or more Level 1 Countries;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%"> (d)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> one or more Level 3 Countries</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(e)&nbsp; </font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">-</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">5</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">-</font>

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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">(i) Product Description</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">(ii) Necessary Conflict Minerals Used by Product </font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">(iii) Smelters that Processed the Necessary Conflict Minerals Used by Product</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">(iv) Countries of Origin of the Necessary Conflict Minerals Used by Product</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Custom Round Tooling</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Tantalum; Tungsten</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;">See </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Annex 2</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;">See </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Annex 2</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Custom Cutters</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Tungsten</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;">See </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Annex 3</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:10pt;">See </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Annex 3</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">End Mills</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Tungsten</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(a)(c)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(b)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Custom Reamers, Inserts, Custom Drills, Solid Carbide End Mills, End Mills, Custom Blades</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Tungsten</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:35.72%;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Kennametal Fallon</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> (located in the United States)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> one or more Level 1 Countries;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(d)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> one or more Level 3 Countries</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(e)&nbsp; </font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Custom Reamers</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Tungsten</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(a)(f)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(b)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Inserts</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Tungsten</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(a)(f)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Global Tungsten &amp; Powders Corp.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%"> (c)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> (located in the United States)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Unknown</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:100%">(b)</font></p>
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		<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">_______________________________</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Not all smelters are known.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">b</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Not all countries of origin are known.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">RMAP Conformant.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">d</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Country of origin information of the Conflict Minerals used by RMAP Conformant smelters is provided by the RMI. Due to confidentiality restrictions, the RMI may only disclose country of origin information on an aggregate basis where the country of origin is not the DRC. See Annex 4 to this Report for the list of Level 1 countries.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">e</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Country of origin information of the Conflict Minerals used by RMAP Conformant smelters is provided by the RMI. Due to confidentiality restrictions, the RMI may only disclose country of origin information on an aggregate basis where the country of origin is not the DRC. See Annex 4 to this Report for the list of Level 3 countries. The smelters which source Conflict Minerals from the Level 3 Countries are RMAP Conformant. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">f</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">W</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">hile w</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">e have not been able to obtain definitive information about</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> these</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> smelter</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(s)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">, the supplier has indi</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">cated that the smelter(s) is/are</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> RMAP Conformant.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">We undertook the activities detailed</font><font style="display: inline;"> in Section 3</font><font style="display: inline;">.2.2 above </font><font style="display: inline;">for</font><font style="display: inline;"> the Reporting Period in our effort</font><font style="display: inline;">s</font><font style="display: inline;"> to determine the mine or location of origin of the Necessary Conflict Minerals in </font><font style="display: inline;">the</font><font style="display: inline;"> Covered Products. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;text-decoration:underline;">RISK MITIGATION STEPS</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">We intend </font><font style="display: inline;">to </font><font style="display: inline;">take </font><font style="display: inline;">the </font><font style="display: inline;">following </font><font style="display: inline;">steps</font><font style="display: inline;">, among others,</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">in an effort</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">to </font><font style="display: inline;">further </font><font style="display: inline;">mitigate the risk that </font><font style="display: inline;">our</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;">finance or otherwise </font><font style="display: inline;">benefit </font><font style="display: inline;">Armed Groups </font><font style="display: inline;">in the </font><font style="display: inline;">Covered C</font><font style="display: inline;">ountries: </font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 54pt;text-indent: -18pt;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">continue to </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">develop customized engagement plan</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">s</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> for each supplier </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">of </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Contract Manufactured products </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">regarding the</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> Necessary Conflict Minerals </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">used in</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> Covered Products based on </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">the</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">supplier&#x2019;s outstanding</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> due diligence</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> information</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> and </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">related </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">level of risk</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">designe</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">d to</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> (i)</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">help us </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">gather</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">improved</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> information </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">regarding </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">whether</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> any </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">of these </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Conflict Minerals</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">are financing</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> or</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> otherwise benefiting</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Armed Groups </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">in any of the Covered Countries</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">, and (ii) address specific risks identified</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">;</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 54pt;text-indent: -18pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">continue to </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">improve procedures for quality-</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">checking supplier responses to </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">our </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">due diligence requests; and </font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 54pt;text-indent: -18pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 12pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;">&#xF0B7;</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 11.4pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Symbol;color:#000000;"></font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">continue to </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">participate in industry initiatives to encourage smelters to </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">participate in independent third party audit programs </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">such </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">RMAP</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT 1.01</font>

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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Annex </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">1</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">&#xFEFF;</font><a name="_Hlk9425137"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Smelter Name</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Smelter Country of Location</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Necessary Conflict Minerals Processed</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Countries of Origin of the Necessary Conflict Minerals Used by Product</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">A.L.M.T. T</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">ungsten</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;"> Corp.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Japan</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Tungsten</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">One or more Level 1 Countries</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> &nbsp;(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">b</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> one or more Level 3 Countries</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">b</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Vietnam</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Ganzhou Seadragon W &amp; Mo Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Global Tungsten &amp; Powders Corp.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">United States</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
				</td>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH &amp; Co. KG</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="middle" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.64%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Germany</font></p>
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			</tr>
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				<td valign="middle" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:53.12%;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="middle" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.64%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Germany</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.64%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
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				<td valign="middle" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:53.12%;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.64%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
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				<td valign="middle" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:53.12%;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.64%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
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				<td valign="middle" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:53.12%;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Hydrometallurg, JSC</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="middle" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.64%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Russia</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="middle" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.64%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Japan</font></p>
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				<td valign="middle" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:53.12%;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.64%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.64%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
				</td>
			</tr>
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				<td valign="middle" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:53.12%;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical &amp; Chemical Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.64%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
				</td>
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		</table></div>
		<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size: 1pt">
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				<td valign="top" style="width:16.62%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:1.00pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;height:1.00pt;overflow:hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Smelter Name</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Smelter Country of Location</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:15.04%;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #D9D9D9;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Necessary Conflict Minerals Processed</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;width:15.22%;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #D9D9D9;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Countries of Origin of the Necessary Conflict Minerals Used by Product</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.62%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
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				<td rowspan="3" valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:15.04%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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				<td rowspan="3" valign="top" style="width:15.22%;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.62%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">China</font></p>
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				<td valign="middle" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:53.12%;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">Kennametal Fallon </font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;font-size:6pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">United States</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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		<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">_______________________________</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">a</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">RMAP</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Conformant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">.</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">b</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Country of origin information of the Conflict Minerals used by </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">RMAP </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Conformant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> smelters is provided by the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">RMI</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">. Due to confidentiality restrictions, the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">RMI </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">may only disclose country of origin information on an aggregate basis where the country of origin is not the DRC. See Annex </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">4</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> to this Report for the list of Level 1 countries.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">b</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Country of origin information of the Conflict Minerals used by </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">RMAP</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Conformant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> smelters is provided by the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">RMI</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">. Due to confidentiality restrictions, the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">RMI</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> may only disclose country of origin information on an aggregate basis where the country of origin is not the DRC. See Annex </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">4</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> to this Report for the list of Level 3 countries. The smelters which source Conflict Minerals from the Level 3 Countries are </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">RMAP</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Conformant</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">. &nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Annex </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">2</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Necessary Conflict Minerals Processed</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Countries of Origin of the Necessary Conflict Minerals Used by Product</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">A.L.M.T. Tungsten Corp.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Japan</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Tungsten</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">One or more Level 1 Countries</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (b)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> one or more Level 3 Countries</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(c)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Ganzhou Seadragon W &amp; Mo Co., Ltd. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Vietnam</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">F&amp;X Electro-Materials Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Tantalum</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.62%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum &amp; Niobium Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">_______________________________</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> RMAP Conformant.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Country of origin information of the Conflict Minerals used by RMAP Conformant smelters is provided by the RMI. Due to confidentiality restrictions, the RMI may only disclose country of origin information on an aggregate basis where the country of origin is not the DRC. See Annex 4 to this Report for the list of Level 1 countries.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(c)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Country of origin information of the Conflict Minerals used by RMAP Conformant smelters is provided by the RMI. Due to confidentiality restrictions, the RMI may only disclose country of origin information on an aggregate basis where the country of origin is not the DRC. See Annex 4 to this Report for the list of Level 3 countries. The smelters which source Conflict Minerals from the Level 3 Countries are RMAP Conformant. </font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:12pt;">Annex 3</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Necessary Conflict Minerals Processed</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Countries of Origin of the Necessary Conflict Minerals Used by Product</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Tungsten</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">One or more Level 1 Countries</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (b)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> one or more Level 3 Countries</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(c)</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Global Tungsten &amp; Powders Corp. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">United States of America</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Hunan Chenzhou Mining Group Co., Ltd. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Hydrometallurg, JSC </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Russian Federation</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical &amp; Chemical Co., Ltd. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Mitsui Mining &amp; Smelting</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Japan</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Tantalum</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Kazakhstan</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">H.C. Starck Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Japan</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Molycorp Silmet A.S.</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Estonia</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Metallurgical Products India Pvt. Ltd. </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">India</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Minera&#xE7;&#xE3;o Taboca S.A.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Brazil</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Germany</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr></table>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">-</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">11</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-size:12pt;">-</font>

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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Smelter Name</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;background-color: #D9D9D9;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Smelter Country of Location</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #D9D9D9;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Necessary Conflict Minerals Processed</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #D9D9D9;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Countries of Origin of the Necessary Conflict Minerals Used by Product</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">China</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
			<tr>
				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">KEMET Blue Metals</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Mexico</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.12%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
			</tr>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:51.58%;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(a)</font></p>
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				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.16%;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;background-color: #auto;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Germany</font></p>
				</td>
				<td valign="top" style="border-left:1pt solid #000000 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;width:16.14%;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt solid #000000 ;height:15.75pt;padding:0pt 6.5pt">
					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 10pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;overflow: hidden;font-size:0pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
				</td>
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		</table></div>
		<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">_______________________________</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%"> (a)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> RMAP Conformant.</font>
		</p>
		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 11pt">
			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;font-size:5pt;vertical-align:super;line-height:115%">(b)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> Country of origin information of the Conflict Minerals used by RMAP Conformant smelters is provided by the RMI. Due to confidentiality restrictions, the RMI may only disclose country of origin information on an aggregate basis where the country of origin is not the DRC. See Annex 4 to this Report for the list of Level 1 countries.</font>
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